Mijansk786/Shutterstock Smart glasses from Meta and Ray-Ban feature a camera that can take a photo or record a video of whatever the wearer is looking at. If it weren’t for a privacy light that flashes when the camera is in use, you might never know when a smart glasses wearer is recording you without consent. But here’s the interesting part: hardware modders have developed a mod for Meta Ray-Ban glasses that blocks the LED privacy light. The good news is that Meta acted quickly to resolve this obvious problem. Meta…
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Lsophoto/Getty Images If you’ve ever watched a movie set in the early 1900s, you’ve almost certainly seen someone making a call on a phone that has an earpiece on one side and a distinctive crank on the other side. While the earpiece makes perfect sense, the purpose of that crank can be confusing, even if you grew up in the era of landlines with coiled wires. You might think the crank was used to power the phone, but that’s only half the truth. Back then, the crank was actually the…
Apple today released a new support document warning that macOS 28 will no longer support encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volumes, meaning affected external drives will need to be decrypted or reformatted before updating. Starting with macOS 28, “the Mac OS Extended File System format will be supported only for volumes (disks and other storage devices) that are not encrypted.” Any encrypted HFS+ drives, such as older encrypted external hard drives, will stop working with the Mac unless users take action before upgrading. Apple did not give a specific reason for this change. APFS, which natively supports encryption, has been…
Code spotted in the third developer beta of iOS 27 suggests that Apple is preparing to add car key support for Lucid and Xiaomi vehicles, and that the feature could be close to launch. The code refers to the identifiers “LCID” and “XIA1”, which appear to correspond to Lucid and Xiaomi respectively. With an Apple Car Key, drivers can use their iPhone or Apple Watch to lock, unlock and start a compatible vehicle instead of relying on a traditional key fob. Lucid Motors was already named as one of 13 brands Apple said would “soon” get car key support at…
Amazon today lowered the price of the 512GB MacBook Neo to $689.99starting at $799.00. This sale is only available in the Indigo color option and makes the 512GB model cheaper than the current price of the 256GB model on Amazon. Note: Woozad is an affiliate partner with some of these providers. When you click on a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us operate the site. This is the first notable discount on the MacBook Neo since Apple’s price hike in June. Amazon provides a mid-to-late July delivery estimate for the Indigo 512GB…
It’s now July and we’re still waiting for Apple to launch its annual back-to-school deal in countries like the US and Canada – if it ever happens at all. In the United States, Apple launched its Back to School offer in June from 2020 to 2025, but it waited until July in the more distant past: 2025: June 17 2024: June 20 2023: June 5 2022: June 24 2021: June 17 2020: June 15 2019: July 9 2018: July 12 2017: July 12 Last year, students and education staff could receive a free accessory like AirPods 4 or an Apple…
The company does not plan to release an offline version. Nintendo Mario Kart Tour is going off the rails, and Lakitu won’t be there to save it as Nintendo will take the seven-year-old mobile game offline on September 30 at 2 a.m. ET. Contrary to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (another mobile game it scuttled), the company has no plans to introduce an offline version, so Mario Kart Tour will definitely be gone in a few months. Service for the Mario Kart Tour game ends on September 29 at 11:00 p.m. PT / September 30 at 8:00…
Amazon is offering $150 off several models of the M5 MacBook Air, including deals on the 13-inch and 15-inch models. These are some of the lowest prices we’ve seen on laptops following Apple’s price hikes last month. Note: Woozad is an Amazon affiliate partner. When you click on a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us operate the site. In terms of 13-inch models, Amazon offers the 13-inch MacBook Air 16GB/1TB for $1,449.00down from $1,599.00. This one is available in three colors on Amazon and it’s currently the only 13-inch model on sale…
mapo_japan/Shutterstock Solar panels for your home are a fairly expensive initial investment. In fact, one of the many things you need to know about solar systems before installing them is that while they can save you money, it can take years to break even. Knowing this, you may be wondering how long solar panels last on average. If they’re just going to break down or malfunction after a few years, well, that changes the perspective, doesn’t it? The good news is that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says…
Apple CEO Tim Cook and new CEO John Ternus will attend this year’s Sun Valley conference, according to Forbes. Allen & Co., the investment firm behind the event, uses the conference as an annual excuse to bring media, technology and finance executives together in the same rooms for a week of closed-door discussions at Sun Valley Lodge. This year’s event began on July 7 and is scheduled to continue until July 11. This is Cook’s final trip to Sun Valley as Apple CEO. Apple announced in April that Ternus would take the title of CEO on September 1, ending Cook’s…